Directed by: Vincent Bal.
‘50% Flemish, 50% Walloon, 100% Belgian’, is the tagline of this musical take on the divide between Dutch-speaking and French-speaking Belgium.
The Flemish brass band Saint Cecilia and their Wallon counterpart, En Avant, compete for the title of Europe’s best brass band.
The sudden loss of Saint Cecilia’s soloist just before the finals prompts the conductor’s daughter, Elke, to recruit En Avant’s star soloist, the self-absorbed Hugues.
What follows is a hot mess of grudges, stereotyping, good music and a budding love story.
Seasoned filmmaker Vincent Bal started out as an actor before shifting to directing for film and TV.
His 2012 film, The Zigzag Kid earned him the European Film Academy’s Young Audience Award.
Flemish and French with English subtitles (2014).
